Coating experts: I need your opinions here

[Bruno Soares]

Says right on the package of the towels to wash before first use. I don't think it came from the towel but it could be. Doesn't hurt to wash it and try again.

[oneheadlite]

I recently washed a car coated in Ceramic Pro and it didn't feel like it had a coating at all. CarPro coatings you can tell there's a coating on there, it's so easy to clean and very smooth, but not with the Ceramic Pro. IMO it's an inferior product and just marketing gimmicks.

One of my friends had a Facebook friend (or similar) that's a Ceramic Pro installer try to sell him on a umpteen layer X year blah-blah-blah coating job. The way he explained it I'm pretty sure the guy said the car was going to make him breakfast on weekends when he was done...

[Eldorado2k]

Update: I’ll let you guys read the owners description on what happened this time around..

[acuRAS82]

Seems like intense water “spotting” (or “streaking” May be more appropriate). Looks like the black paint is being washed in the sun, unless he pulled it out for pictures. But the fact that it didn’t occur in the first places he dried but it did on the side that sat in the sun, I would have just assumed water streaks from not drying fast enough. And on black paint in hot sun, it’s definitely possible that rinse water may not remove it by the point. Glad the towel removed it.

Does he wash out in the sun all the time? Maybe now that he has the coating it is allowing water spots. Whereas before on other cars he might have had a layer of film on the surface that literally blocks water spots/streaks or allows them to completely blend in.

Anyways, none of this explains why it wouldn’t come off in the original thread issue, other than maybe the minerals that were totally baked in. He should try using a drying aid perhaps and see if this issue is totally wiped away easily?

[Eldorado2k]

6am.

[acuRAS82]

K, I’m out. And ignore my response. His coating really hates surfactants and vice versus, I guess.

[2wookies]

Pretty sure that soap has gloss enhancers and other things that get left behind. Could be the problem. And is he actually scrubbing the paint or just foaming and rinsing?

[TroyScherer]

TBH: I was skeptical of a bad batch of Hyperwash based on the original posts. The fact that he is having the same issue with Griots soap says that there is something else going on.


Based on the pictures posted above it possibly looks to me like poor wash techniques. I have seen this when you spray overly heavy mixes of soap on the surface and then don't rinse it off well. I know he says he rinsed it for 5 minute but I don't know what that means.

Personally I think he should go back to the detailer and ask them to do a wash and teach him how to properly care for the vehicle. I'm not saying he doesn't know how to wash a car but that maybe his wash techniques aren't fitting what his new coating needs. In going back to the detailer they will also be able to see what is happening and help troubleshoot the problem.

[Eldorado2k]

I’d love to see his detailer try and wash the vehicle and see what happens.

[pilotpip]

I’d love to see his detailer try and wash the vehicle and see what happens.

I don't have any comment on what could be causing this, but I agree with this. Dude probably spent a pretty penny to have the car coated with a "pro" product. A reputable business should bust it's rear end to make things right.

I've been in customer service oriented lines of work for most of my life. I know I would do that.